The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Jury Returns $15 Million Verdict to Car Crash Victims

Counsel made the unconventional decision not to call the majority of the plaintiffs to avoid the potential pitfalls of complex socioeconomic or prejudice issues, the plaintiffs' attorney claimed.
5 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Denies Hospital's Request to Move Med Mal Suit From Chicago

The court denied the defendants' attempts to move the medical malpractice suit from Cook County to Will County.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Affirms Everglades Foundation Scientist Conviction

The Third District Court of Appeal in Miami affirmed Circuit Judge Carlos Lopez's decision, concluding that Van Lent willfully disobeyed an injunction by deleting or downloading files belonging to the foundation, where he had been employed for 17 years.
6 minute read

Law.com

Judge Sinks Goodwin's Request for New Trial After Jury Sides With Boston Police in Wrongful-Death Suit

"Because the jury found that the officers did not violate Stilphen's constitutional rights, the court will dismiss the Monell claim. Here, because the jury determined that the officers did not violate Stilphen's constitutional rights, the § 1983 claim against the city necessarily fails, and the request to dismiss the Monell claim must be allowed," wrote U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns for the District of Massachusetts.
6 minute read

Law.com

Saying 'No Answer Is Required' Is Insufficient Under Fed Rules of Civil Procedure, Court Says in Novel Ruling

"Nothing in Rule 8(b) permits a party to refuse to respond to an allegation because it purportedly is a 'legal conclusion' or 'speaks for itself,'" wrote U.S. District Judge Gorton for the District of Massachusetts.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawsuit Against Amazon Could Reshape E-Commerce Landscape

The case highlights a growing trend of challenges brought against third-party sellers like Amazon and Walmart.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Clarifying Parens Patriae Standing

"the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed when a state can establish standing pursuant to the parens patriae doctrine, and, in particular, the contours of the requirement that a state show that there has been an injury to a substantial segment of the state's population."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Personal Injury Trial Against Heavy Equipment Company Divided in Liability, Damages Portions

The jury selected on Nov. 18 will decide only the issue of liability. If a jury enters a finding in favor of the plaintiff, a separate jury will be called to determine the amount of compensatory damages, according to a Lackawanna County judge.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Changing Landscape of NY Courts' Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Corporations

New York's approach to consent-by-registration jurisdiction and successor jurisdiction is illustrative of the ever-changing scope of personal jurisdiction over out-of-state companies. 
14 minute read

The Recorder

Litigants Can't Drag Feet in Moving to Disqualify Judges, California Supreme Court Says

Allowing parties to wait well into proceedings to challenge a judge's impartiality is not what state law intended, the high court held.
4 minute read

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